Oils aint oils

[two40]

never heard a complaint about it. i'm trying it in 2000k's

[Birty]

Well I should probably change my oil when i get around to it. I'll get around to doing it one day. I have no idea what's going on.

[two40]

ha ha, sounds like you don't care either.

when was your last oil change?

[Birty]

Dun know, I checked the oil when I got it, and it looked, felt, smelt and tasted alright.

[two40]

Did it have a sweet taste to it? If it did, it's time for a change.

how many k's have you done since you bought it?

[Birty]

not that many, can't remember, i think it may have been changed at some stage by the guy I got it off. Not to sure, but it's all good. Once I get around to it I'll get around to it. Need to get a filter too though or else it's a bit pointless.

[skyzerr33]

how about

dif and gear box oil? just use the me as engine?

also where should i be looking for the bolts to let the oil out and then put the oil in the dif and gearbox?

[Boostzor]

U taste ure oil????? 8O

thats a new one prolly good idea though but then again y not just remember when u changed it last.

Im using penrite pedigree 5w-30 i have heard that its good.

I think royal purple is a bit expensive and its excessive if u change oil every 5000 as long as u dont put kmart multigrade crap in.

[two40]

troy, i know there's transmission oil. *shrugs*

what do you guys use? 5-50 or what?

[AndyMac]

Tranmission oil needs to be thin, an idea i'm about to try is to use the highesy grade automatic transmission fluid in my manual box..with some uniglide or the other stuff (can remember name). Suppose to make the box really smooth.

[WiL]

i've heard many say that mobil 1 is too thin and shouldnt be used after 100,000 ks on skylines.... hmmmm i been using it for a while now tho i'm thinking of changing ot redline.

[adam 32]

yeh mobil 1 5W50 is too thin for a worn engine, redline or agip 10W40 would be better

im surprised to hear alot of you using mobil 1, ive been told by quite a few people to stay clear of it - not good quality etc...

[two40]

i'm changing my oil soon and i was going to buy mobil 1 or royal purple. now not so sure.

what else do you guys use?

5 - 50

10 - 40

???

[adam 32]

depends on your engine really

if its worn, done alot of kms or hard kms then use a thicker oil - 10W40

if the engine is in relatively standard condition, low ks and hasnt been really pushed then 5W50 would be fine

the only other one is 15W50 but id say thats too thick....

[AndyMac]

George.

I've got 107kays on mine.

Same, the Rotal Purple made such an improvement. I'm getting more this Saturday for the Sunday Cruise.

Nice and Fresh.

[two40]

i've only done 71k (supposedly) so i guess 5-50 should do right?

andrew, email me or better yet i'll talk to you on friday night. might be keen to get some purple too. gotta check finances first. the purple is 5-50 right?

[AndyMac]

pppfftt. Kays are just figure, The idea is try and get the little dial to spin as quickly as possible.....hehehe

George.

Yeap pretty sure RP is 5W-50W...Going to check tomorra and tell him to put some aside.

[two40]

5L for me please

[adam 32]

yeh its not so much k's but engine wear, which conincedently does increase the more k's the engine has done

if your engine is worn id consiser using something other than 5W50 but if the engines still in good nick then theres no problems!!

[Shell]

and how exactly do you tell if your engine is "worn"?

I have over 100,000 kays...

the last 30,000 were done by me, so pretty gentle. Can't really know before that, but it seems to have been treated very well.

Should i change to a thicker oil anyway?